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Thursday, 14 March 2013
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) - Sam Raimi
One expects something from Sam Raimi, and no, I'm not talking about a Bruce Campbell cameo, (which this has, by the way).We do get what we want. We do get a good film. The only problem is it's not The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming, nor is it another Evil Dead (1981) - Raimi. Raimi seems to have become over reliant on CGI in recent years, and whether that's the studio (probably Disney doing the same thing they did to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland [2010]) or himself, it just seems a little lazy.
James Franco wasn't quirky or fun enough to pull off a film set in a magical land, and it made me think how much better the film could have been, if it had been Zach Braff in the lead role. He was way underused, as a flying monkey, but did his best to show off his signature JD-ness, that he does so well.
James Franco wasn't quirky or fun enough to pull off a film set in a magical land, and it made me think how much better the film could have been, if it had been Zach Braff in the lead role. He was way underused, as a flying monkey, but did his best to show off his signature JD-ness, that he does so well.
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